High Chief Farrukhzad II of Kesranid Satrapy

High Chief Farrukhzad II of Kesranid Satrapy (1229-) was the high chief of the Kesranid Satrapy of Azerbaijan and later the sheikh of the Sheikhdom of Derbent in present-day Dagestan, Russia.

Biography
Farrukhzad was born in 1229 to the Kesranids, a dynasty of Sunni Muslim Persians that ruled over the Shirvan region of the Caucasus for 387 years. Farrukhzad reigned as high chief of the Kesranid Satrapy, located in present-day Azerbaijan, and he had two Mongol wives, both of whom converted to Islam. He answered Caliph al-Mustansir II's call for jihad in 1260, declaring war on the Ilkhanate and sending troops against them. However, the Mongols invaded his satrapy and killed his wives and ravaged his lands until he surrendered to them. In 1263, the Mongols returned and sacked all of his cities, and their great khan Hulegu Khan usurped the title of High Chief of the Kesranid Satrapy. Farrukhzad was left as the Sheikh of Derbent in what is now the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, having lost almost all of his lands as well as his chief title.